Anne Sharp takes up post on Monday, 18 May as the Chief Executive of the Judicial 
Offices for England and Wales, based at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Anne joins the Judicial Offices from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) – a career civil servant, she has wide-ranging experience at senior levels in policy development, leadership and management.
The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, said “I am delighted to welcome Anne to the Judicial Offices. I am confident that her previous experience as a high-flying career civil servant, as well as her personal energy and commitment, will prove to be of great advantage to the Judicial Offices, as well as the Judicial Executive Board and the Judges’ Council."
Anne added “I feel privileged to have the responsibility of taking forward the important work carried out since the judicial support services were amalgamated – the team and I have a central role in supporting the judiciary and maintaining its constitutionally important independence.”
Notes for Editors
1) Anne Sharp - Anne began her civil service career in the Health and Safety Executive, where she worked on risk management policy in industries including railways, nuclear weapons, construction and offshore oil and gas. She then moved to Defra where she led fisheries management policy before becoming Director of National Climate Change and Energy.
A high resolution photo of Anne is available here
2) The Judicial Offices - The Judicial Offices for England and Wales were created under the auspices of the
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 which came into force in April 2006. Under the
Act the Lord Chief Justice became head of judiciary in England and Wales vice
the Lord Chancellor and is responsible for more than 40,000 judicial office-holders - judges, magistrates and tribunals’ judiciary.
Incorporating the Judicial Office, the Judicial Studies Board and the Judicial Communications Office, the Offices assist the senior judiciary in carrying out a large number of responsibilities which passed from the Lord Chancellor to the Lord Chief Justice as part of the 2005 Act.
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